Nintendo App Downloads Explode as Switch 2 Deliveries Begin
If you make a better app, more people will want it, right? Well, that's something Nintendo seems to have taken seriously...
Mobile Gamers Are Spending More Per Download Than Ever Before
Here's a stat that surprised me and will probably surprise you too. In 2024, the average consumer spending per mobile g...
Mid-Core Games Are Eating Everyone's Lunch
Let's talk about what's actually making money in mobile games right now. Not downloads. Revenue. If you look at the top...
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Monetization Secrets from the Top 1,000 Games
Monetization has always been a hot topic in mobile. But the top games in 2024 are writing a new(ish) playbook and it's s...
Gamers Don't Just Play! They Scroll, Chat... and Grocery Shop?
We already know mobile gamers are on YouTube. And TikTok. And Discord. That's nothing new. But if you stop there, you'll...
The Real Winners in Mobile Gaming Aren't the Newest Games
We all love new. New titles. New mechanics. New trends. But in mobile gaming, old games are still eating everyone's lunc...
Is Blue the New Black? The Most Downloaded Games in April
April is behind us which means it's time to round up the data and rank the most downloaded games in the world. April con...
China Regains Control - The Highest Earning Games in April
I crunched the numbers and used our App Intelligence and ranked the highest earning mobile games in the world in April. ...
Disney Solitaire is Officially Out and Here's How It Stacks Up Against the Competition
Solitaire, the game children of the 90s probably remember for being built into Windows OS, is making a comeback. Well, k...
Discord is Finally Pushing Toward an IPO, But Does It Have the Numbers?
Earlier this week, Discord's founder announced he's stepping down in order to make room for an industry veteran to take ...
The Minecraft Movie Jolts Mobile Revenue, but It's Just Not Enough
Minecraft is and has been the top-paid game in the US on both the App Store and Google Play for several years now. This ...
(Almost) Everyone's a Winner! The Highest-Earning Mobile Games in March
March is officially behind us and that means it's time to crunch the numbers and rank the highest-earning mobile games. ...
Blasted! The Most Downloaded Mobile Games in March
Block Blast continued to be the most downloaded game in the App Store in March, but it didn't stop there. Block Blast wa...
Supercell Tries Something New with mo.co - Is It a Success By the Numbers?
Supercell has a new game out and it's doing a few things differently. We've been following every Supercell release and I...
Color Block Jam Crosses $25M, Aims to Join the Successful Hybrid Casual Club
I spent all of last week at GDC so games are fresh on my mind and one of the trends I've been watching most closely is t...
The King of Game Revenue Lost Its Crown (Again) - The Highest Earning Games in the World
It's not all that often that we see this much movement at the pinnacle of the top earning mobile games, so let's get int...
A New Shakeup at the Top - The Most Downloaded Games in the World
Between the top downloaded and highest earning charts, it's the former that typically sees the most turnover as games th...
Squid Games and Naruto Proved the Power IP Has to Drive UA - The Most Downloaded Games in the World
A new year brings another chance to check in what mobile gamers are downloading worldwide. After poring over the figures...
Finally a Top 10 Worth $1N - The Highest Earning Games in the World
Let's take a look at which games were most successful in at getting gamers to open their (virtual) wallets last month th...
Not the Christmas I Expected... Here Are the Most Downloaded Games in December
The most important month for games is behind us, so I crunched the numbers and ranked the winners and losers of this Chr...
Top Game Developers Earned Nearly $100M More in December - These Are the Highest Earning Games
December wasn't great for downloads, but if you remember the trend, revenue is going in the opposite direction, and if y...
Squid Game Unleashed Hits 3M Downloads in under Two Weeks
A new season of one of Netflix's best original shows, Squid Game, just dropped and with it a new mobile game called Squi...
Infinity Nikki's Global March
Infinity Nikki, a new dress-up RPG from Papergames (which goes by Infold outside of China), has been turning heads ever ...
It's Official, the King is Back! Here are the Most Downloaded Games in The World
We crunched the numbers and ranked the most downloaded games in the world in November. Lots of games moved in November, ...
